10 Movie Franchises That Ended Too Soon
1. Ace Ventura
For a spell there in the '90s, Jim Carrey was the go-to guy when it came to the comedy genre.
From The Mask, to Dumb and Dumber, to The Cable Guy, to Liar Liar, and even a hammed up spin on The Riddler in Batman Forever, Carrey and his yuck-yuck overly animated style saw him become one of the biggest movie stars on the planet. And the role that started that run of starring comedic turns, was his performance as the titular character in 1994's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
That film would be followed up just a year later by the arguably even funnier Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, and in lovable buffoon Ace audiences had a character who it seemed would become a recurring presence for years to come.
Technically, Ace did live on in the shape of the animated Ace Ventura: Pet Detective show that ran for three seasons from 1995, and there was also the awful Ace Ventura Jr. movie, but it seems as if there was still so many more adventures that audiences could've seen from Carrey's animal loving dick.
For Carrey, he'd largely move away from the over-the-top goofy comedy roles as the '90s came to a close - putting in career best performances in more thoughtful and serious pictures such as Man on the Moon and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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